Hamilton augustus jukes



(No Model.)

H. A. JUKES.

'EARTH GLOSET.

. No. 479,712. Patented July 26, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

HAMILTON AUGUSTUS JUKES, OF lVINNIPEG, CANADA.

EARTH-CLOSE.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent `NO. 479,712, dated July26, 1892.

Application iiled January 14, 1892. Serial No. 418,124. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HAMILTON AUGUSTUS JUKES, a subject of Her Majesty,the Queen of England, residing at Winnipeg, in the Province of Manitoba,Dominion of Canada, have invented a new and useful Dry Closet orCommode, of which the following is a specication. y

My invention relates to improvements in dry earth or ashes closetswhereby the use of earth or ashes after each stool may be dispensedwith; but to insurercleanliness and ease in emptying excrement careshould be taken to place some dry earth or ashes in eX- crelnent bucketbefore using, all odor and foul gases being carried off by a freecurrent of air passing through closet at all times.

This closet can be set up in any room in a house having a chimney-holeor stovepipe passing through it and is readily movable from one room toanother at any time. I attain this object by the mechanism illustratedin the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical sectionof device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of bucketB. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of dry closet or commode closed.

Similarletters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A is a box having top or seat b, with suitable opening.

a is a hinged lid or cover.

d is a hinged door having an aperture c, as shown.

e is an opening in rear of box above bucket B, through which enters thepipe D, which pipe is to be connected with any stovepipe or chimney-holein order to create a draft.

B is a bucket for exorement, having an overhanging lip or turn-every',handle f, and lug or pull g.

O is a bucket for urine, having handle 7c and lug or pull fm. Thesebuckets [it snugly into box, leaving room for air to pass all aroundfront and sides and out over top, B having a curled lip, under which Oslips,pre-

venting any leakage between, both buckets being higher in front than inrear and sloping gradually back from top of front of closet to justbelow hole e, where pipe D enters, both Vbuckets being narrower atbottom than at top, thus allowing space for handlef and lug g betweenbuckets, always insuring cleanliness, urine-bucket O being purposelymade high in front in order to prevent any escape of urine, door d whenlatched fitting close up against bucket at top and lug m at bottom,always forcing buckets into position and retaining them there.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The combination, in a dry closet or commode, of the box A, with theopening e in rear, the seat b, with suitable opening, hinged lid a,hinged door d, with aperture ein or below door, the bucket B, withoverhanging lip j, handle f, and lug g, the bucket O, with handle k andlug fm, and the pipe D, entering dry closet through aperture e toconnect with stovepipe or flue, substantially as set forth.

HAMILTON AUGUSTUS JUKES.

Witnesses:

JOHN BLACK, OSCAR MCBEAN.

